question about [0] in os module

PyGIS

Hi friends:

i'm beginner in python . i have a question . what does [0] mean in the below code and when should i use [0] in codes ?

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 import os

import string
 
def replace(file, search_for, replace_with):

    # replace strings in a text file
 
    back = os.path.splitext(file)[0] + ".bak"

    temp = os.path.splitext(file)[0] + ".tmp"
 
    try:

        # remove old temp file, if any

        os.remove(temp)

    except os.error:

        pass
 
    fi = open(file)

    fo = open(temp, "w")

Mc1brew

Not knowing Python... My guess would be SplitText returns an array, and [0] indicates that it should return the first element (indexing from 0)...

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